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Phreatomascogos Czaja & Estrada-Rodríguez, 2019
1333679 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1333679)
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Phreatomascogos gregoi Czaja & Estrada-Rodríguez, 2019 (type by original designation)
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Czaja, A.; Cardoza-Martínez, G. F.; Meza‑Sánchez, I.; Estrada-Rodríguez, J. L.; Saenz‑Mata, J.; Becerra-López, J.; Romero-Méndez, U.; Estrada‑Arellano, J. R.; Garza-Martínez, M. Á.; Dávila Paulín, J. A. (2019). New genus, two new species and new records of subterranean freshwater snails (Caenogastropoda; Cochliopidae and Lithoglyphidae) from Coahuila and Durango, Northern Mexico. <em>Subterranean Biology.</em> 29: 89-102., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.29.34123
page(s): 92 [details]
page(s): 92 [details]
Etymology The genus name derives from the word phreatos (referring to the subterranean habitat) and from Mascogos, an afrodescendant...
Etymology The genus name derives from the word phreatos (referring to the subterranean habitat) and from Mascogos, an afrodescendant ethnic group of Coahuila which escaped the threat of slavery in the United States and lives since 1852 in the Sabinas/Álamos River area [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phreatomascogos Czaja & Estrada-Rodríguez, 2019. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1333679 on 2025-09-11
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Czaja, A.; Cardoza-Martínez, G. F.; Meza‑Sánchez, I.; Estrada-Rodríguez, J. L.; Saenz‑Mata, J.; Becerra-López, J.; Romero-Méndez, U.; Estrada‑Arellano, J. R.; Garza-Martínez, M. Á.; Dávila Paulín, J. A. (2019). New genus, two new species and new records of subterranean freshwater snails (Caenogastropoda; Cochliopidae and Lithoglyphidae) from Coahuila and Durango, Northern Mexico. <em>Subterranean Biology.</em> 29: 89-102., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.29.34123
page(s): 92 [details]
page(s): 92 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology The genus name derives from the word phreatos (referring to the subterranean habitat) and from Mascogos, an afrodescendant ethnic group of Coahuila which escaped the threat of slavery in the United States and lives since 1852 in the Sabinas/Álamos River area [details]
